President Barack Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, said last week he’d prioritize alternative fuels development if confirmed. “I would make that a high priority if I am confirmed and go over to the Defense Department, to see...how we can continue to do that,” Hagel said last week during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “In the end, for all the reasons you know, it is just clearly in the interest of our country,…
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